[CLOSED] When Tower Angels Fall | Dystopian Podcast Series
Marcel Howard Jr. for Leighton
Mid 30s. Intellectual. Down to earth. Warm.
Seen only in flashbacks, Mr. Leighton is an English teacher who cares deeply about maintaining art in a time it is deemed redundant, banned from schools for the sake of focus on ‘more important’ things. He’s dedicated to smuggling classic literature to certain students in the hopes of rekindling some semblance of connection again.
Voice type: medium pitch, any accent. Warm and inviting, the kind you’d want to tell you about art and listen to your thoughts - a voice that puts you at ease, but can still maintain authority.
[dismissing a class, jovial yet authoritative]
Thank you all – some great work today. Appreciate the attentiveness, I know the curriculum’s still got some getting used to. See you guys tomorrow – hey, don’t forget your masks; remember the smog warning, huh, guys?
[sincere, wistful, sombre]
When I was about your age, they were still discovering new breeds and it was always so exciting for people. Younger than that, I’d lay out hair from my sister’s brush so the magpies could make their own nest instead of pushing eggs from another. (Beat) They never did. Feels telling, in its own way.
[angry, panicked, shaking]
He knows. He knows, that’s enough – it – it is too late. And don’t say we can reason, he’s selfish as the rest of ‘em – no, we’d have to kill him, and I’m not… You’re not, for starters!
[firm, reassuring, but with an edge of darkness; this is serious]
Words are all have. You’ve got words, and everything outside this cupboard will take them from you. But here, these shadows, this black is only safe a while. Penumbra is – is the grey, the fuzz, the fade from everything that’s hidden. And we can’t hide any longer, because there’s gonna be an eclipse. Papers are hidin’ it, but we can feel it. We know, because we’ve been plannin’ for it, but it will change – everything.
